Good morning, all.
Just a fun photo from my trek in Colorado. I was expecting free range cattle but was happily surprised by these free range donkeys!
Have a great weekend, everybody.
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 3 Comments
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Good morning, all.
Just a fun photo from my trek in Colorado. I was expecting free range cattle but was happily surprised by these free range donkeys!
Have a great weekend, everybody.
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 17 Comments
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Good Morning All,
Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!
Today, pictures from valued commenter Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman).
Not much traveling involved, as I live in Evansville.
That said, there are areas of town that are interesting.Taken on 2019-08-14 00:00:00
West Franklin Street, Evansville Indiana
This stretch of Franklin Street is basically the ‘Downtown’ of Evansville’s west side.
Taken on 2019-08-14 00:00:00
Rear of Tracy’s Attic on W. Franklin
Welcome to Evansville!
More people see this than you would think because West Franklin is where the annual Fall Festival is held during the first week of October.
Thank you so much Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman), do send us more when you can.
Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.
One again, to submit pictures: Use the Form or Send an Email
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 36 Comments
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Good morning all,
I’m still on tenterhooks awaiting further news on the dive boat tragedy off the California coast. Some events stick with me, burrowing deep under my skin and haunting stray thoughts and dreams. This is one such horror.
Le Comte – if you’re around, please let us know all is well.
Have a wonderful day, everybody. Let your friends and family know you love and appreciate them each and every day because one day, you won’t be able to.
Today, pictures from valued commenter Albatrossity.
More images of the critters found in the Flint Hills of Kansas, final batch for this round.
Taken on 2007-04-15 00:00:00
Flint Hills of Kansas
The Greater Prairie-chicken was formerly found across much of eastern North America, but is apparently too tasty to persist in a landscape increasingly dominated by humans with firearms. In the spring males, like this one, gather onto leks (aka singles bars) to dance and show off their moves, while females show up to inspect the goods, mate briefly, and then vanish to lay eggs, raise the young, and hang out in the prairie until next spring.
Taken on 2017-04-08 00:00:00
Flint Hills of Kansas
American White Pelicans are abundant in the spring and fall as they migrate to and from the prairie pothole lakes where they raise young every summer. In the spring they will often have these knobby protuberances on their bills, the function of which is still mysterious. Many locals are surprised when they see pelicans, but that just means they need to look up more often.
Taken on 2015-11-01 00:00:00
Flint Hills of Kansas
This is the platonic ideal of a woodpecker, with the whitest white, blackest black, and reddest red of any woodpecker in the world. The aptly-named Red-headed Woodpecker summers here, and if the acorn crop is good, often winters here as well.
Taken on 2017-10-09 00:00:00
Flint Hills of Kansas
Huge flocks of Franklin’s Gulls are one of the more amazing sights on our local reservoirs in the fall. This is just a small fraction of the estimated 420,000 gulls on my local reservoir a couple of years back. Franklin’s is a very odd gull, nesting in the northern prairies and subsisting not on normal gull fare, but on flying insects such as dragonflies, cicadas, grasshoppers, etc. They are often seen wheeling over the wind-swept grasslands in a scene reminiscent of gulls flying over the ocean waves.
Taken on 2017-07-24 00:00:00
Flint Hills of Kansas
Finally, here is a common bird across much of North America; in fact, it is the state bird of at least three states. American Goldfinch in his summer finery, perched on an ironweed and looking for love.
Thank you so much Albatrossity, do send us more when you can.
Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 16 Comments
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Good morning all,
I got in late tonight so an empty post will have to do. Some great stuff is enqueue, so please bear with.
Have a great day!
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 15 Comments
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Folks,
Still consumed by houses and planning and remodeling and landscaping and all the amazing, crazy details you can get sucked into, thanks HGTV! But see, this is not our first house so we are older and wiser and on top of our experience, we have spent years watching Property Brothers, Love It or List It, Fixer Upper, etc. and have learned a lot vicariously. We see red flags and opportunity where before, we would have smiled with fake interest and missed a lot or taken a plunge, missing hazards and warning signs.
Have be a great weekend, and for those Floridians, etc., be safe and gods-bless.
This was my view just a few weeks ago in high country, Colorado. It already feels like years. I so dearly miss being able to drive for two hours whenever I wanted or needed some of this. We shall reconvene Monday.
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 12 Comments
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Sorry folks, I’m completely absorbed in house hunting/planning/buying that I have no time for much else. I will make sure there’s a Friday post – again, my apologies for Wednesday and today.
Open thread!
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 5 Comments
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Good Morning All,
Sorry, should have run this yesterday.
Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!
Today, pictures from valued commenter James E Powell.
Visiting DC for the first time since Sixth Grade
Taken on 2019-08-09 00:00:00
Washington DC
I was a little surprised but very pleased at the number of people who stopped to photograph the entrance to the Speaker’s office.
Thank you so much James E Powell, do send us more when you can.
Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late.